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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2101.140256
Personal Author:
Gamougam, Kadidja ; Daugla, Doumagoum M. ; Toralta, Jacques ; Ngadoua, Cyriaque ; Fermon, Florence ; ... More +
Gamougam, Kadidja ; Daugla, Doumagoum M. ; Toralta, Jacques ; Ngadoua, Cyriaque ; Fermon, Florence ; Page, Anne-Laure ; Djingarey, Mamoudou H. ; Caugant, Dominique A. ; Manigart, Olivier ; Trotter, Caroline L. ; Stuart, James M. ; Greenwood, Brian M. ; Less -
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In 2011, vaccination with a serogroup A meningococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine was implemented in 3 of 23 regions in Chad. Cases of meningitis declined dramatically in vaccinated areas, but an epidemic continued in the rest of Chad. In 2012, the remaining Chad population was vaccinated, and the epidemic was halted.
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Africa
Bacteria
Continuing Effectiveness Of Serogroup A Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine, Chad, 2013
Dispatch
Meningitis
Meningococcal
Serogroup A
Vaccine

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 21(1):115-118. ;
Document Type:
Journal Article ;
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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